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OKC Thunder headed to NBA Finals: Oklahoma celebs react on social media
The Oklahoma City Thunder are officially this year's Western Conference Champions. Led by NBA MVP and Western Conference Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder's victory filled downtown and homes all across Oklahoma with screams of support. But Oklahoma City residents weren't the only ones rooting for the Thunder. Several of Oklahoma City's celebrity fans spread their joy on the win last night as the Thunder head to the NBA Finals next week. Advertisement Here are some of our favorite famous Thunder fans posting on social media: Kristin Chenoweth Following last night's game, Oklahoma native actor and singer Kristin Chenoweth cheered on the Thunder as they qualified for the NBA Finals. In her Facebook post, she celebrates from home as she and everyone else wonder who will be their opponent. James Marsden This season, just before the NBA Playoffs began, Marvel actor and Oklahoma native James Marsden stopped by and sat courtside with his mom. Now, he did stop by for a regular-season game against the Denver Nuggets, but given we ended up winning the series in May, we can overlook the score on that March 10 night. Bill Hader In 2012, SNL actor and great Bill Hader appeared courtside at a game, and shared that he didn't think he'd see Oklahoma City host a game in the NBA Finals. Now, 13 years later, the team is back for the win. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - JUNE 14: Actor Bill Hader sits courtside as the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Miami Heat in Game Two of the 2012 NBA Finals at Chesapeake Energy Arena on June 14, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by) "When I grew up, professional sports was always in other places; it wasn't in Oklahoma," Hader said in 2012, talking to Thunder staff. "To see how they've come and each year they just get better and better and now where they're at, it's pretty amazing." Billy Martin After the game was called on Wednesday night, Billy Martin of the band Good Charlotte was speechless, so much so he could only tweet one emoji: Martin has been a diehard fan for years, cheering on the Thunder and has quite a support history on X, even taking his son to the January Oklahoma City game hosted by the Portland Trail Blazers. Jim Ross Oklahoma native and WWE commentator Jim Ross is a "major Oklahoma City Thunder fan" and has been for years, even poking back at the 2013 draft, but most recently sitting courtside in 2018. James Goldstein James F. Goldstein is a basketball superfan and a courtside legend. He is best known for his courtside appearances around the world, regardless of the teams on the court. The star is often hard to miss, often in a cowboy hat, neckerchief and likely shiny jacket. Goldstein travels to games regardless of who is playing but attests that Oklahoma City is the best place to watch an NBA. Goldstein was in attendance to watch his fashion rival Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and friend Chet Holmgren take the time Wednesday night. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC Thunder headed to NBA Finals: Oklahoma celebs react on social media
Man of Many
20-05-2025
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11 Best Shows on HBO Max
By Dean Blake - News Published: 20 May 2025 Share Copy Link Readtime: 14 min Every product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more. For more information on how we test products, click here. Is it Max? Or HBO Max? Honestly, who cares: when the programming is as good as it is, what does it matter. Either way, the streaming service formerly known as Max dropped in Australia early in 2024, bringing with it a slew of fantastic original content, as well as classic older shows you'd love to revisit. As one of the newest streaming services to hit our shores Down Under, it's about time to figured out what it brings to the table. We've all seen the classic HBO static start-up before a fantastic show before, and that's because the company has a history of making high-quality tele. In fact, coming up with a list of 'best shows on HBO Max' was honestly pretty difficult, as there's a ton of great shows stuffed in there. Hopefully we've brought together a list of some shows near and dear to your heart, as well as a few you haven't seen yet and can experience for the first time. So, without further ado, check out the best TV shows Max has to offer. 1. Barry IMDB rating: 8.3 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 98% Created by: Alec Berg, Bill Hader Starring: Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, Henry Winkler, D'Arcy Carden Number of seasons: 4 Release date: 26 April, 2018 What happens when a hit-man decides to take up acting? Barry happens. After years of service in the US Marines, Afghanistan veteran Barry Berkman (Hader) takes to a new life of violence in contract killing: but after following a target to an acting class, he learns he honestly wants to escape the life he's built and start a new one on the stage. If that doesn't sound fascinating enough, keep in mind that Hader gives the performance of a life-time as Berkman, channeling his already dry comedy chops with an intensity and drive usually reserved for a psychotic villain. Plus, Hader's cast-mates are equally as fantastic, with Henry Winkler playing the acting coach unwittingly helping a murderer get his life together. Obviously, though, things start getting complicated when the reality of Berkman's life start getting in the way of his new dream. It's honestly great stuff. The show didn't win 44 Primetime Emmys for nothing. 2. Chernobyl IMDB rating: 9.3 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95% Created by: Craig Mazin Starring: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård Number of seasons: 1 Release date: 7 May, 2019 A historical drama outlining the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986—the worst nuclear disaster in history, as well as the costliest disaster of all time—Chernobyl takes a few artistic liberties to make what is an awful moment into fantastic television. Rather than taking a purely objective, eagle-eyed view of the disaster from a historical perspective, outlining the facts the way documentary would, Chernobyl focuses instead on the people left to deal with what was a very unknown situation and showcases their bravery in a moment of international crisis. It's a sombre story of humanity's willingness to do incredible things in the face of horror, and shouldn't be overlooked by anyone with even a passing interest on our history. 3. Curb Your Enthusiasm IMDB rating: 8.8 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92% Created by: Larry David Starring: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson Number of seasons: 12 Release date: 15 October, 2000 What happens when you take the basic framework of one of the funniest shows ever made, Seinfeld, remove the 'family friendly' guard rails, and make George the main character? You get Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David's other television masterpiece. What makes Curb so good—apart from how it has no issues in pushing social taboos in a way reminiscent of South Park—is the fact that so much of it is improvised by the actors involved. David comes up with an outline for how an episode will function, as well as directions for each scene, and then the actors figure out how to get there live. It makes every interaction in the show feel strangely honest, as if the characters really are reacting to what one another are saying rather than simply waiting for their cue. I love Curb, but I also recognise it isn't for everyone. If you liked Seinfeld, but wished it was a bit more modern and risky, I'd highly recommend it. 4. Game of Thrones IMDB rating: 9.2 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 89% Created by: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, based on work by George R.R. Martin Starring: Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage, Sean Bean Number of seasons: 8 Release date: 18 April, 2011 If you try to forget about what ended up being a pretty average ending, Game of Thrones is one of the most influential TV shows of the past decade. From the first episode it'll hook even the most jaded viewers, and it'll suck you into a deep and enthralling world of swords and bone. As it goes on, the show opens new mysteries and closes older ones, but the key focus—the White Walkers—feels as though it's always on the horizon. At any point, the living dead could breach the southern border, and everything would turn to shit. Unfortunately, the show sits on this tension a bit too long, in our opinion, which definitely makes the final season(s) come off as rushed and incomplete. Storylines that have literally been building from episode 1 are suddenly thrust into their endgame, and there's a sense of whiplash in having a titanic conclusion appear out of nowhere. It's well known that the show outran its source material, with George R.R. Martin yet to release The Winds of Winter, or A Dream of Spring. Here's hoping he can stick the landing, because although Game of Thrones revitalised fantasy television, it's also a bit of a cautionary tale. 5. I May Destroy You IMDB rating: 8.1 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 98% Created by: Michaela Coel Starring: Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu Number of seasons: 1 Release date: 8 June, 2020 A shocking true-story-turned-black-comedy, I May Destroy You tells the story of Arabella (Coel), a young writer who, after trying to blow off some steam at a night club with friends, wakes up the next morning with little idea of what happened. She eventually realises that she had been drugged and sexually assaulted, and begins to withdraw from the world around her. It's a deeply troubling story of something that happens all too often, but told in a way that shines a light on the realities often faced by survivors of sexual assault: having their stories nit picked and questioned, constantly reliving their trauma. The show deeply unpacks the different ways someone can be assaulted, from the harmless to the incredibly harmful. It's a sobering watch, while still being funny in that 'how fucked up this this' kind of way. 6. Industry IMDB rating: 7.5 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90% Created by: Mickey Down, Konrad Kay Starring: Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung Number of seasons: 3 Release date: 10 November, 2020 If you're looking for something a bit raunchier, Industry shifts between financial drama and soapy while still delivering well-told stories and characters. The main cast are young graduates who come to work at London-based investment, Pierpoint & Co., and are essentially given six months to prove themselves or be cut loose. The show is both a look at the harsh reality facing new hires in what is a very intense line of work, as well as a shaming of corporate overwork tactics: with a worker dying of a heart attack in the bathroom within the first episode, and the bank immediately going into damage control to soften the narrative. Gross. Yeah, it's a bit raunchy, but the show has gone on to deliver a surprisingly deep story surrounding the financial industry so far, with Vanity Fair describing the series as the 'missing link' between Succession and Euphoria. 7. The Last of Us IMDB rating: 8.6 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95% Created by: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann Starring: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino Number of seasons: 2 Release date: 15 January, 2023 We all know the story by now: based on the award winning video game, following two survivors as they make their way across a post-apocalyptic United States. It's a fantastic story, though, and still has one of the most unique and interesting renditions of 'infected' this side of 28 Days Later. Here, rather than mindless zombies, or rage-filled infected, the creatures of The Last of Us are living people that have been taken over by cordyceps—a real-world parasitic fungus that typically affects insects, but in this world has made the leap to humans. It leads to a very unique breed of ecohorror, with dead zombies releasing spores into the air that can easily infect anyone that comes close, meaning even in death the creatures can keep causing harm. Add to that amazing characters, and fantastic performances from leads Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, and you have one of the best shows on modern television. 8. The Penguin IMDB rating: 8.6 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95% Created by: Lauren LeFranc Starring: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz Number of seasons: 1 Release date: 20 September, 2024 If you watched Robert Pattinson's The Batman and decide you want more of this particular rendition of Gotham City, The Penguin will slake your thirst until the sequel lands sometime in 2027. Here, rather than focus on the world's greatest detective, we focus on Oswald Cobb: an up-and-coming criminal kingpin with designs on Gotham's underworld. It's effectively a crime drama set within a world with superheroes, which is pretty fascinating and unique, really. Plus, Colin Farrell's depiction of the titular Penguin is near perfect. He's not a likeable character, but god-damn do you root for him regardless. And, despite the fact that Farrell has previously said that he 'never wants to put on that fucking suit and fucking head again', he'll be returning in said sequel to The Batman, as well as a potential second season of The Penguin. Sorry Colin, it looks like you'll be back in the fat suit. 9. The Sopranos IMDB rating: 9.2 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92% Created by: David Chase Starring: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco Number of seasons: 6 Release date: 15 July, 1999 Easily one of the most highly-regarded television shows of all time, The Soprano's needs little introduction. The story of Tony Soprano, a mafia boss based in New Jersey who begins suffering panic attacks and, reluctantly, starts seeing a psychologist to unpack the impact his life of crime has had on his mental state. As the head of a crime family, though, Soprano can't exactly step back from his work, and ends up dealing with increasingly bloody and traumatic events as a fight for the family's territory, as well as internal struggles with family members, heat up. It's a classic for a reason, and swings between dark humour and pretty devastating brutality where it needs to in order to showcase the duality of the Sopranos. Yes, they're killers and extortionists, but they're also people, with families, and desires for the future. It's fascinating, and leads up to one of the most talked about endings in TV histo-. 10. True Detective IMDB rating: 8.9 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 79% Created by: Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Jodie Foster, Kali Reis Number of seasons: 4 Release date: 22 February, 2014 True Detective dropped one of the finest first seasons of any television show, ever, back in 2014, and has largely struggled to reach the same level of relevancy since. McConaughey's Rust Cole, and Harrelson's Marty Hart brought a complicated, messy, human touch to what was a pretty stagnant 'police procedural' genre, taking it somewhere between a true-crime whodunnit and a quasi-supernatural mystery thriller. Of course, the following seasons are good in their own respect, but fail to meet the incredibly high bar set by season one. The most recent season, headlined by Jodi Foster and Kali Reis, is honestly fantastic viewing until the final act, where the weight of the mysteries set up in the first half struggle to be resolved in any meaningful way. True Detective's new showrunner, Issa López, is working on a fifth season now set in New York, and we're keen to see the show hit the highs it deserves! 11. The White Lotus IMDB rating: 8.0 Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90% Created by: Mike White Starring: Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Coolidge, Walton Goggins, Sydney Sweeney, Patrick Schwarzenegger Number of seasons: 3 Release date: 16 August, 2021 An anthology series dedicated to the weird shit people get up to on holidays, basically. Each season is focused on a different location within the fictional 'White Lotus' resort chain, and follows the trials and tribulations of its staff and guests, as they interact, clash, and slowly unravel. At the beginning of each season we see someone's death, and are then transported back in time to see the days leading up to whatever event led someone to lose their life. It's a black comedy, so you can expect some fairly dark jokes and socio-political prodding, but the best part of this series is that every season has essentially reinvented itself. That's one of the reason's White has said The White Lotus is his dream gig: every season the show ends up being a completely different mystery, in a completely different place, impacting completely different people, and touching on completely different themes. I give points for effort, if nothing else. Things to Consider for HBO Max With a catalogue of shows, movies and lifestyle documentaries to envy, HBO Max has some top-tier programming, but you'll also be paying on the high end to access it. You'll be able to download shows for offline viewing if you pay for one of the 'ad free' tiers, and can view content in up to 4K resolution if you pay up for Max's Premium tier. Compared to some of the other services out there, though, HBO Max's newer content might feel a bit thin if you're not all that keen on HBO's shows, but there are plenty of classics to fall back on. How Much Does HBO Max Cost in Australia? HBO Max subscriptions start at $11.99 per month (with ads) in Australia. The ad-free HBO Max Premium subscription is priced at $21.99 per month, and this is comparable with Netflix Premium ($25.99/month) as it offers the ability to stream on four devices at once, stream in 4K UHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, and HDR 10 on select titles. Finally, you can make 100 downloads to watch when internet access isn't possible. Here's how HBO Max compares to other streaming services available in Australia: The table above may contain affiliate links, meaning Man of Many may earn a commission if you subscribe to any streaming service via these links. This comes at no extra cost to you and helps support our independent content.
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06-05-2025
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Murder lover Bill Hader sets Jonestown project
Condolences to Martin Scorsese, whose Jonestown project was unceremoniously killed at Continental Studios. It looks like Bill Hader got the jump on him, as it was announced today the Saturday Night Live alum is developing a series centered on the Jonestown massacre for HBO. Hader will co-write and serve as co-showrunner on the project with Daniel Zelman (Damages). According to Variety, Hader will direct and potentially star in the series. In the 1970s, preacher Jim Jones moved his congregation, the Peoples Temple, to Guyana, establishing the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project; the settlement resulted in tragedy after the shooting of a visiting U.S. congressman and the murder-suicide of over 900 members via poison. Even beyond Scorsese's fictional pitch on The Studio, the Jonestown cult has been the subject of fascination for Hollywood. Vince Gilligan was reportedly developing an HBO Jonestown series way back in 2016. Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in a Jim Jones biopic in 2021, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt was attached to play him in an entirely different film opposite Chloë Grace Moretz in 2022. We don't yet know what angle Bill Hader's Jonestown project will take, but the budding television auteur is undeniably drawn to darker subject matter. In his acclaimed series Barry, he starred as a soldier-turned-hitman. One of his biggest post-SNL roles was playing the adult Richie in the Stephen King horror It Chapter Two. And he'll next lend his voice to one of fiction's most irredeemable maniacs, The Cat In The Hat. But Hader comes by the darkness honestly. He has a documented fascination with true crime and has spoken often about his love of Dateline, and Snapped, and Forensic Files. Will he bring his signature sense of humor to this latest dark subject matter? A real-life tragedy is harder to make funny, but we'll see what Hader comes up with. More from A.V. Club
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06-05-2025
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Seth Rogen to save and/or destroy more movies with The Studio season 2
Martin Scorsese may never get to make his Jonestown Kool-Aid movie, but Seth Rogen will be able to make more episodes of The Studio. (Also, if you watched that episode and really wanted a Jonestown feature in real life, Bill Hader randomly has you covered.) Apple TV+ renewed the sharp Hollywood satire today, offering Rogen's Matt Remick the chance to both greenlight and absolutely ruin more of his beloved films. The Studio follows Matt and a kooky band of fellow execs (Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders, and occasionally Catherine O'Hara) as they bumble their way through the industry. While Rogen and co-creators Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez clearly sourced much of season one from their own studio experience, it sounds like season two is going to get even more meta. 'We're thrilled to be making a second season of The Studio. We're looking forward to taking the lived experience of making season one and immediately putting it into season two, then repeating that loop for ten more seasons,' Rogen and Goldberg wrote in a statement. Nathan Fielder may have some competition coming down the pike. 'And, we're excited to keep all our industry friends and colleagues guessing as to when one of their personal stories will stream on Apple TV+,' the co-creators continued. The series has to be assembling their roster of A-list guest stars already if they want to match the caliber of season one. This season has already seen great turns from Scorsese, Greta Lee, Charlize Theron, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie, Olivia Wilde, Zac Efron, Johnny Knoxville, and Ice Cube, with many more presumably to come in the last three episodes. Matt will always be stressed out by his high-pressure job, but he should be able to breathe a little easier knowing he isn't fired yet—even if Kool-Aid bombs at the box office. More from A.V. Club
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01-05-2025
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Reports Say Bill Hader Is Developing An HBO Show About The Jonestown Massacre And I'm Very Torn Over The Idea
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. First, there was a plot point on The Studio about the Jonestown Massacre -- which you can watch with an Apple TV+ subscription, by the way. Then, an announcement that SNL vet Bill Hader is developing a TV show based on the cult. At first, my lizard brain got excited. I've been interested in cults and the Peoples Temple, in particular, for years. Then, something I heard in one of the more recent documentaries about Jonestown started creeping into my brain. Now, I'm really torn on how I feel about this possible TV show. There are tons of documentaries, podcasts, and books about cults. It's really easy to get sucked into some of the incredible stories of religion, drugs, sex, violence, and death that so often go with the largest and most notorious cults in the last couple of centuries. The Peoples Temple, the church started by Jim Jones in San Francisco in 1954, that eventually led to the mass suicide of Jones and his followers at Jonestown, Guyana in 1978, is the most notorious and the most terrifying of them all. I've read books and watched countless documentaries about Jones and his followers, some better than others, of course. For a long time, I had a morbid fascination with the cult and often used gallows humor with friends when talking about it. I even had a coffee cup with a picture of Jones on it with the words 'Drink Up' underneath it. I would laugh when I used it, and my friends, when they would see it, would also laugh. The tragedy didn't directly impact me, it happened decades ago when I was just a baby, so for me, it was more or less a cultural news event, no different than Watergate or the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Jokes were fair game. Late-night TV hosts joked about it, so could I. Hell, 'drink the Kool-Aid' has become part of the American lexicon. Here's the part where I have to point out they didn't actually use Kool-Aid for the poison-laced drinks at Jonestown; it was actually a brand called 'Flavor Aid.' As I said, there are countless documentaries about Jonestown, and last year, one of the best hit streaming. Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown, which you can watch on Hulu, is one of the most in-depth looks at the tragedy ever produced, and in particular, it has a number of interviews with survivors of the massacre and the family members of some of the people who died. In the film, they talk about how hard it is to deal with the cultural zeitgeist surrounding the church and the suicide of its members and of cult leaders in general, especially Jones, of course. It got me thinking about how I would feel if a family member of mine had been one of the victims of Jones' insanity. How would I feel every time I heard that phrase, 'drank the Kool-Aid,' knowing that my loved one had died from doing that? In short, it made me completely re-evaluate how I thought of the event. I threw the coffee mug away, and now I bristle when I hear someone joke about the events in Guyana in 1978. So that leaves me where I am today. It's not that I'm still not fascinated by cults and why people are drawn into them. I've always understood that people end up in them for many reasons, and it doesn't mean they are stupid, or gullible, or anything like that. People are people, and we can all get enamored and attached to things that aren't good for us and fall victim to cult thinking. So, do I want to see a TV show based on the events of Jonestown? Well, yeah, I do. Should I want to see it? That's a question I'm not ready to answer.
